Of course, the old man didn't really die of a brain aneurism, unless by chance a blood vessel in his brain burst milliseconds before the .38 hollow-po...nt round entered his skull.Amy hadn't wanted to kill the old professor, he was a rather brilliant scientist. But she'd followed him to his initial meeting where he'd taken a 'taste' and then watched him enter the lab after hours and fill a refrigerated sample case with several vials of the 'Vulcan drug, ' no doubt on his way afterwards to make. And without a word, we all knew when it was time for her to go.I stepped out of the shower the following morning with a strong sense of relief. I no longer had to hide from or lie to any of the people I loved. Mom was sitting at the table sipping her coffee when I reached the kitchen. She watched as I dropped my usual 2 slices of bread in the toaster and started it; waited patiently as I poured my orange juice, and then patted the spot next to her for me to sit down."That was the most amazing. "You made a mess at the blender again. " I meant to clean it up. Where'd everybody sleep? I saw Glenn and Linda's car outside."Betty busied herself with more oranges. "Oh-- they were in your brother's room, and Danny slept on the couch." Not when I came in, and not when I came downstairs."Betty said, "Where's the big iron pan, the one I use for hash browns." Right there. What's the big occasion? We only have hash browns when something big is happening."Betty couldn't look at her. She said, ". "I leaned into her, "Dial it back? But I thought we were going to rockthis place." I felt a little more tipsy than I would normally, but thenI weighed less than I did as a guy, so the alcohol was hitting mefaster. I touched Claire's face. "Oh God you're beautiful. And you tooAbby. If I was a guy -"Abby took hold of my hand." Paige, maybe you better - " Leave her alone," the guy at the bar said, "She's just having fun."I giggled. "Yeah, I'm just having fun. Like the song says, 'Girls justwant to.